In the warm pavilion, Lao Zhu sat behind the bookcase and fell into contemplation, he was thinking about Li Jie's analysis of Beiping Mansion, in his opinion, the advantages and disadvantages of Beiping Mansion were very obvious, which made him unable to make up his mind for a while.

"Father, you don't have to make a choice now, anyway, I'm going to go on patrol, so it's better to list Beiping as one of the targets of the patrol, and whether it can be done at that time still needs to see the local situation!" At this time, Zhu Biao suddenly spoke.

This reminded Lao Zhu, so he also sobered up from his contemplation and said: "What the prince said makes sense, since this is the case, then Beiping will also be listed as one of the patrol places, and then you will run one more trip!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jie also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, compared to Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao was easier to convince, as long as he took him around a few cities at that time, and then made a comparison, Zhu Biao should make a better choice.

Next, Lao Zhu chatted with Zhu Biao and Li Jie about the tour, and then let them leave, but Li Jie did not leave the palace, but followed Zhu Biao to the side hall of Chunhe Palace and swam with him for a while.

When he changed into swimming trunks, Li Jie found that Zhu Biao was indeed much thinner, nearly half of the fat on his body was missing, his original big belly was much smaller, and even some muscle outlines could be seen on his arms and thighs.

"Li Jie, when will the flesh on my face be reduced?" Zhu Biao swam twice and suddenly asked Li Jie.

"Your Highness, losing weight is to lose the flesh on your body first, and the flesh on your face will slow down a little, and it is estimated that it will take a while to slowly see the effect." Li Jie explained with a smile.

Although the meat on Zhu Biao's body has lost a lot, the meat on his face is still there, in fact, the meat on his face is the most difficult to reduce, even if he returns to his normal body shape, it is estimated that the fat on his face will slowly lose after a while, so now just looking at Zhu Biao's face, he still feels that he is still a big fat man.

"It's going to take a while to see the effect!" Zhu Biao also showed a disappointed look when he heard this, now that the weather is cold and he wears a lot of clothes, he can't see the effect of his weight loss just by looking at his face, and he can't take off his clothes to show his figure when he sees people, and he also has a lot of resentment about this.

"Your Highness, don't be too anxious, after all, the meat on your body is not eaten in one bite, and it will naturally take time to reduce it." Li Jie smiled again and persuaded.

"That's just as well!" Zhu Biao also smiled and nodded when he heard this, and then he asked Li Jie again, "You mentioned Beiping Mansion in front of your father just now, do you really think that Beiping Mansion is more suitable as the national capital than other cities?" ”

"Yes, compared with the three cities of Chang'an, Luoyang and Kaifeng, Beiping is indeed more suitable than them!" Li Jie nodded solemnly and said, in the face of the generous Zhu Biao, he was not as careful as he was in front of Lao Zhu, and he could say anything in his heart directly.

"Why? Can you tell me your reasoning? Zhu Biao asked again, he knew Li Jie, since he was more optimistic about Beiping, he must have his own opinions.

"Your Royal Highness, the national capital is actually determined according to the situation, the city that was suitable for the national capital back then, but now it is not necessarily suitable, for example, taking Chang'an as an example, as early as the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an is not suitable for the national capital, on the one hand, because of the narrow Guanzhong Plain, on the other hand, because of the deterioration of the environment, the land has become very barren, resulting in a shortage of food in Guanzhong, and even because of the lack of food, the emperor actually wants to take the minister to Luoyang to eat......"

Li Jie took Chang'an as an example, and explained in detail to Zhu Biao the shortcomings of these ancient capitals, among which the shortcomings of Chang'an were the most obvious.

Of course, Zhu Biao, who is familiar with history books, also knows this, but he feels that after so many years, the situation in Chang'an may have undergone some changes, so he has to go to inspect it in person.

However, Li Jie told Zhu Biao with great certainty that the current Chang'an is worse than Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and many years of soil erosion have caused the Guanzhong Plain to be barren, and it is impossible to feed the population of a country's capital, and the transportation of the Guanzhong Plain is also inconvenient, and grain transportation is a problem, so Chang'an is almost the first target that Li Jie excluded.

As for the remaining Luoyang and Kaifeng, Li Jie also listed the shortcomings of these two places, of course, Luoyang's shortcomings are much less, but it is located inland, which Li Jie did not dare to talk to Lao Zhu, but he and Zhu Biao analyzed it in detail.

"Your Highness, the minister dares to assert that the future of the Ming Dynasty is on the vast ocean, if the capital is set inland, it will definitely miss the ocean, in contrast, Beiping Mansion is close to the coast, although the coastal area in the north has some shortcomings, but at least it is much stronger than the inland!" Finally, Li Jie concluded.

I saw that Zhu Biao also pondered for a long time after hearing this, and finally slowly exhaled and said: "I see, no wonder you are so concerned about overseas affairs, and even do not hesitate to risk going to sea and go to Goryeo and the Japanese Kingdom in person!" ”

"Yes, Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom are just the first step, Your Highness, you also have a globe, you should know how big this world is, not to mention anything else, the two continents far away in the far east, where gold and silver are abundant, and there are large tracts of flat and fertile land, if we don't take it, it will only be cheaper for outsiders, and even when these people occupy the rich land and become stronger, what should I take to protect myself at that time?" For the first time, Li Jie revealed the thoughts in his heart.

Hearing Li Jie's words, Zhu Biao hesitated again for a while, and then spoke again: "But no matter how rich overseas is, it is still too far away from my Daming, I'm afraid it will take years to come and go, so what's the use of sending people there?" ”

"Your Highness, before there is no boat, let alone the sea, even if it is a wider river, it can block everyone's way, but after having a boat, people can cross the water, and even going to sea is a common thing, and the technology of shipbuilding has been advancing, who dares to guarantee that there will not be a sea ship that travels thousands of miles in the future?" Li Jie reminded again.

"This ......" Zhu Biao was also stunned when he heard this, as an ancient, he really couldn't imagine what ship could travel thousands of miles in a day?

"Your Highness, do you remember the hot air balloon I invented? Without it, people can only regard the people who fly as immortals, and with hot air balloons, almost everyone can fly on it, which is the progress brought by technology! Li Jie took out the hot air balloon again and gave an example.

Now Zhu Biao finally understood what Li Jie meant, compared to the ship he couldn't imagine, the example of the hot air balloon is also more intuitive, after the improvement of Qin Tianjian, now the performance of the hot air balloon has been very good, and even began to be equipped for the army, if Zhu Biao is not the prince, he must also want to board the hot air balloon to experience it himself.

"I understand, if you have time in the future, you can tell me more about overseas things!" Zhu Biao nodded heavily at this time, and Li Jie's words also made him break the inherent thinking pattern and begin to seriously consider the possibility of developing overseas.

"Yes!" Li Jie also excitedly agreed, as early as last year, he gave the globe to Lao Zhu, and later tried many times to make Lao Zhu pay attention to overseas, although there are some effects, but Lao Zhu's main energy is still on land, after all, he is old, and some concepts are not easy to change.

In contrast, Zhu Biao is younger and more susceptible to Li Jie's influence, and now he asks Li Jie to tell him about overseas affairs, which is the beginning of attaching importance to overseas, I believe that over time, Li Jie will definitely be able to change his concept and let him set his sights on the distant continent!

In the next few days, Li Jie has been busy with martial arts, he will leave Beijing in March next year, so he wants to build the framework of martial arts before leaving, so that Liu Ying can also be more relaxed, although Li Jie has no experience in managing the school in his previous life, but he has stayed in the school for more than ten years, and even stays in the school longer than at home, so he is also very clear about some of the situation of the school, which provides a lot of experience and reference for Jean to establish martial arts.

Time passed quickly, seeing that the New Year was coming, Li Jie's whole family was not there, so he could only celebrate the New Year alone, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Jie suddenly received news that Tang He and Feng Sheng had rushed back to the capital from Fengyang!